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March 18, 1930; 1.. GREENBAUM E L MATCH MAKING MACHINE Filed Sept. 4, 1923 4 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTORS: Leo Greenbaum E dward Vanf/oofsiadif. BY Charles Gustar/Mn' ATTORNEY March 18, 1930. 1. GREENBAUM ET AL 1,751,145

MATCHMAKING MACHINE Filed se i. 4, 1925 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEY March 18, 1930. L. GREENBAUM ET AL 1,751,146

MATCH MAKING MACHINE Filed Sept. 4, 1923 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 IN VEN TORS'.

Leo Gre'enbaum- Edward l/an/laafsfadi BY Charles Cfzlsiavson yfimm 0/4/80.

A TTORNE Y Mai'chls, 1930. I GREENBAUM ET AL 1,751,146

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A TTORNE Y Patented Mar. 18, 1930 NITED STATES LEO GREENBAUM, OF FAR ROCKAWAY, EDWARD VAN HOOFSTADT, OF OCEAN SIDE,

AND CHARLES GUSTAVSON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS, BY IMIESNIE AS- SIGNMENTS, TO LION MATCH COMPANY,

INC., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK MATCHMAKING MACHINE Application filed September 4, 1923. Serial No. 660,781.

Our invention relates to improvements in machines for making book matches or matches such as are usually made of paper and wire stitched in a paper cover.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 illustrates a suitable form of paper feed in perspective, parts being broken away. Fig. 2 is a perspective view with parts broken away illustrating the further feed of the paper or cover into the machine. Fig; 3 is a perspective view, parts being broken away illustrating the match feeding mechanism, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view partly broken away illustrating the wire stitching attachment.

Referring now more particularly to Fig. 3 it will be observed that 5 indicates a suitable source of power such as an-electric motor having a pinion 6 meshing with the pinion 7 upon the shaft 8 mounted in the bearing 9, said shaft also having a pinion 10 meshing with the pinion 11 loosely mounted upon the main shaft 12 and being provided with a drum 13.

14 indicates a suitable clutch mechanism pivotally connected by the bar 15 to the rocker 16 pivoted upon the support 17 and pivotally connected to the bar 18 which in turn is pivotally connected to the bar 19 pivotally supported at 20, a handle 21 being provided so that when the handle 21 is operated the cone 22 of the clutch is shifted beneath the fingers 23 which in turn drive the disc 24 against the disc 25 overcoming the spring 26, thereby causing the drum 13 to frictionally engage the disc 27 pivoted to the shaft 12 at 28 as shown.

9 44 a similar pair paralleltherewith, the same being suitably spaced by cross brackets such as 45 and retained upon the frame of the machine by any suitable means such as the bracket 46. 47 indicates a roll of card or paper which is drawn upwardly between the guides 41, 4243, 44 over the roll 40 and beneath the roll 48 which is retained in the top of the frame of the machine as shown and is controlled by the forked brackets 49, 50 secured upon the shaft 51 at one end of which is provided a bracket 52 the outer end of which is pivotally connected to the rod 53, the lower end of which is pivotally connected to the bell-crank 54 pivotally mounted at 55 and pivotally connected to the rod 56 having a foot piece or pedal 57 at the outer end so as to facilitate discontinuing the feed of the card or sheet 47 as may be found desirable.

From the feeding arrangement shown in Fig. 1 the sheet 47 passes beneath the rolls shown in Fig. 2, said rolls being indicated by the reference characters 58, 59, the said lower roll 59 being mounted upon the shaft 60 which is provided with a ratchet wheel 61 engaged by a pawl 62 mounted upon the link 63 pivotally mounted upon said shaft 60 and pivotally connected at the opposite end to the connecting rod 64 which in turn is pivotally connected at 65 to the lever 66 and is retained by the expansion spring 67, the said lever 66 being pivotally mounted at 68 and having a roller at its lower end riding upon the cam 69 upon the drive shaft 12, from which it will be seen that the feed roll 59 intermittently feeds the sheet 47 leftwardly into the machine. The upper roller 58 is mounted in bearings 70 which are raised by cams such as 71 upon the shafts 72 at opposite sides of the machine, said shafts being connected by a rod 75 which causes them to oscillate simultaneously and periodically as follows :-Upon the said shaft 72 at the near side of the machine is secured a bracket- 74 the outer end of which is pivotally connected to the rod 75, the lower end of which is forked as indicated at 76 and is provided with a roller 77 which rides upon the cam 7 8 upon the shaft 79 as shown thereby imparting an oscillating movement to both shafts 72 and a consequent vertical reciprocation of the bearings 70 and roller 58. This provides for a regular intermittent feed of the sheet 47 from which the covers of the match books are to be made;

It should have been stated that the continuous ribbon of card or paper is perforated along the inner margin as shown at 80, said perforations being intended for registering with the feeding mechanism, said part of the feeding mechanism consisting of a bracket 81 provided with a shaft 82 secured to the arm 83 pivoted to the link 84 and pivoted at its lower end to the rocking lever 85 Whichin turn is pivoted at 86 and which is retained by the spring 87 and is pivoted at its outer extremity to the lever 88 which is forked at the lower end and provided with a roller 89 adapted to ride upon the cam 90 upon the shaft 79. Upon the pin or shaft 82 is provided a rocker 91 having fingers 92, 93 separated so that when oscillating first one finger engages a hole and then another successively and alternately serving as a sort of escapement for controlling the proper feed of the ,sheet to the cutter.

It will be noted from Figure 2 that the spring 87 resiliently or yieldably impels the finger91 in the direction of the paper web 47, while the finger 93 being in the form of a relatively slender rod is itself more or less resilient or yielding as it is pressed down against the web and it therefore follows that the engagement of these fingers with the Web is sufficiently cushioned to preclude tearing of the web.

The cutter consists of a bridge member 94 having a vertically. reciprocating block 95 to which the knife 96 is secured and which is pivotally connected to the lever 97 which in turn is pivotally secured at 98 the inner end being pivotally secured to the vertical link 99, the lower end of which is forked and provided with a roller 100 which rides within the cam 101 upon thesaid shaft 12, from which it will be seen that during the stationary period of the sheet feed, the knife 96 cuts a section therefrom sufficient to form one cover and rises to clear the paper so as to feed sufficient for the next cover. This sheet 47 it will be understood passes between parallel channels or guides 102,103, which may be of angular formation in cross-section as shown at the left of Fig. 2,and beneath these guides traveling with the sheet or ribbon is an endless belt 104 which said endless belt is shown to advantage in Fig. 4 and is provided with a series of parallel tapered dividing ribs 105 upon the outer surface thereof and holes 106 which are engaged by pins 107 upon the peripheral face of the drive wheel 108 upon the shaft 109. This wheel is provided with pins 110 upon the side of the rim thereof said pins engaging the canrlll upon the drive shaft 12.

Referring now again to Fig. 2, it will be observed that the travel of the belt 104 and the paper or card 47 are synchronous, so that as a section of the ribbon of paper is cut by the knife 96 it drops between the separating ribs or separators 105 and as each cover is cut and passes from the knife the vertically reciprocating foot- 112 descends over the succeeding rib or separator 105, the same 'being lifted by the forked rod 113 provided with a roller 114 adapted "to ride upon the cam 115 and normally seated, thereon by the spring 116, said rod being pivotally secured to the foot 112 as indicated at 117 and being adapted to slide within the block 118 as indicated at 119. It will be noted from Figure 2 of-the drawings that the cam 101 for operating the cutter is set slightly in advance of the cam 115 which operates the foot 112. It therefore follows that the knife will operate in a slightly advanced relation in point of time with respect to the foot 112. Thus when the knife descends and severs the paper ribbon, the foot 112 will immediately there- 1 after descend upon the out off part and force it downwardly into position between adjacent separating ribs 105. The positioning of the severed part of the strip is therefore not dependent upon gravity, but the tendency of the cut off foot.

It therefore follows that the positive positioning of the cut off part by the foot 112 allows the machine to be operated at speeds greatly in excess of that to which the machine would be susceptible if the positioning of these out off parts of the paper ribbon were dependent upon gravity. It is well known that a gravity operation is a sluggish operation and to depend upon gravity alone for part to fall is accelerated by the the positioning of the cut off parts would appreciably slow up the speedat which the machine would otherwise be capable of operating.

As the endless belt 104 moves leftwardly along the'top of the machine, it passes beneath the tray or chute 120 upon which slitted cards or matches are deposited by hand, the matches being separated as indicate-d at 121 in groups of a predetermined number, such as ten, and thesecards maybe deposited in double thicknesses or singly according to the number of matches intended for each book. Upon the said drive shaft 12 is provided a cam 122 upon which rides the roller 123 in the end of the rocking lever 124 pivoted at 125 and at the opposite end pivoted to the of ten matches each. 135 indicates a light spring which bears upon the matches to keep them fiat and in position upon the tray 120.

As the covers 136 feed leftwardly beneath the matches, the knife 137 which is similar to the previously referred to knife 96 cuts the matches from the card at the point of separation such as 121. This knife 137 is secured to the vertically reciprocating block 138 in the frame 139 and is pivotally connected to the lever 14() the outer end of which is pivotally connected to the link 141 and the lower end of which is provided with a roller 142 which rides in the cam 143 upon the shaft 12 as shown. 144 is another rodprovided with a roller 145 adapted to ride upon the cam 146 against the action of the spring 147 and causes the foot 148 to vertically reciprocate in the guide 149. As clearly shown in Figure 3, the cam 143 which operates the knife 137 is set slightly in advance of the cam 146 which operates the foot 148, and it therefore follows that the foot 148 will function in the same manner and for the same purpose as hereinbefore described with reference to the foot 112. In other words, when the knife 137 severs the paper strip, the severed part will immediately be depressed by the foot 148 and rapidly moved thereby downwardly into position uponthe subjacent cover portion. As a result of this operation, the severed match cards are rapidly positioned in proper relation to their covers, the cover continuing to move leftwardly with the endless conveyer and with the matches in position. As it continues so to do the folding guide 150 turns the-top or cover end over the matches and the folding guide 151 turns the bottom or scratch end over the lower end of the top allowing the formed or folded cover with the unsecured matches therein to continue leftwardly through the channel 152 as indicated at 153 in Fig. 4 where it passes beneath the stitching machine 154 allowing a wire stitch to pass through the continuous base portion of the matches and through both thicknesses of the base cover, thereby securing the matches therein in the usual well known manner, said stitcher being provided with a bracket 155 carrying the shaft 156 provided with a sprocket 157 and chain 158, an idler 159 being provided to take up the slack and said chain being driven by the sprocket 160 upon the shaft 161 having beveled pinion 162 meshing with beveled pinion 163 upon the shaft 12.

From the stitcher each complete book of matches continues leftwardly beneath .the guides 164 and 165 to the discharge chute 166, and 167 indicates pins around which a discharge wire 168 is secured for freeing the successive books of matches from between the separators 105 so as to insure the same pass: ing upon the discharge chute 166 where the matches pass leftwardly dropping into a suitable receptacle therefor.

Of course it will be understood that various modifications may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

\Ve claim 1. In a match book forming machine, means for intermittently feeding a strip of paper stock from a roll in predetermined lengths into said machine, means for cutting off sections thereof to form covers, a conveyor having separating members between which said cut-01f covers are fed, and means for operating said conveyor, a superposed chute along which match splints are fed in the same direction as the feed of said covers, means for cutting said splints in predetermined lengths, means for placing same successively upon said covers, and means for thereafter folding said covers over said splints and securing the same together.

2. In a match book forming machine, means for intermittently feeding a strip of 'paper stock from a roll in predetermined erating said conveyor, a superposed declined chute along which match splints are fed in the same direction as the feed of said covers, means for cutting said splints in predetermined lengths, means for placing same successively upon said covers, and means for thereafter folding said covers over said splints and securing the same together.

3. In a match book forming machine, means for intermittently feeding a strip of paper stock from a roll in predetermined lengths into said machine, means for cutting ofl sections thereof to form covers, a conveyor having separating members between which said cut-oif covers are fed, and means. for operating said conveyor, a superposed chute along which match splints are fed in the same direction as the feed of said covers, means for cutting said splints in predetermined lengths, means for placing and holding same successively upon said covers, and means for thereafter folding said covers over said splints and securing the same together.

4. In a match book forming machine, means for intermittently feeding a strip of paper stock from a roll in predetermined lengths into said machine, means for cutting off sections thereof to form covers, a conveyor said cut-01f covers are fed, and means for operating said conveyor, a superposed chute,

along which match splints are fed in the same direction as the feed of said covers, means for cutting said splints in predetermined lengths, means for placing same successively upon said covers, and means for thereafter folding first the long ends of said.

covers and then folding the short ends of ,said covers over the long ends, and means chute along which match splints are fed in the same direction as the feed of said covers, means for automatically and intermittently feeding said splints along said chute to a cutter,-said cutter adapted to out said splints in predetermined lengths, means for placing same successively upon said covers, and means for thereafter folding said covers over said splints and securing the same together-L 6. In a match book forming machine, means for intermittentlyfeeding a strip of paper stock' from a roll in predetermined lengths into said machine, means for cutting off sections thereof to form covers, a conveyor having separating members between which said cut-0E covers are fed, and means for operating said conveyor, a superposed chute along which match splints are fed in the same direction'as the feed of said covers,

means forcutting said splints in predeterminedlengths, means for placing same suc cessively upon said covers, and means for thereafter folding one end of each cover over the splint to partly form each book and thereafter folding the other end of each cover over the splint and securing the covers to the splints to complete the forming of said books.

7. In a match book forming machine, means for intermittently and positively engaging and feeding a strip of paper stock from a roll in predetermined lengths into said machine, means for cutting ofi sections thereof to form covers,-a conveyor having separating members between which said cutoff covers are fed, and means for operating said conveyor. a superposed chute along which match splints are fed in the same direction as-the feed of said covers, means for cutting said splints in predetermined lengths, means for placing same successively upon said covers,rand means for thereafter folding said covers over said splints and secu'r-,

7 ing the same together.

' I for intermittently feeding a strip of paper 8. In a match book forming machine,means stock from a roll in predetermined lengths into sa1d machine, means for cutting off sectlons thereof to form covers, a conveyor having separating-members between which said cut-ofi covers are fed, and means for operating said conveyor, a superposed chute along which match'splints are fed in the same direction as the feed of said covers, means for cutting said splints in predetermined lengths, means for placing same successively upon said covers, and means for thereafter folding said covers over said splints and securing the same together, said conveyor having side pins and said driving means therefor including a circular member having a spiral upon the periphery thereof to engage said pins,

' the rotation of said member and the rotation of said conveyor being in planes substantially at right angles one to the other.

9. In a match book forming machine, means for intermittently feeding a strip of paper stock from a roll in predetermined lengths into said machine, means for cutting off sections thereof to form covers, a conveyor having separating members between which sa1d cut-01f covers are fed, sa1d members of substantially the same shape as a section of the match books when formed, and means for operating said conveyor, a superposed chute along which match splints are fed vin the same direction as the feed of said covers, means for cutting said splints in predetermined lengths, means for placing same successively upon said covers, and means for thereafter folding said covers over said splints and securing the same together.

10. In a match book forming machine, means for feeding a strip of paper stock, means for cutting off sections thereof to form covers, means for feeding splints, means for placing the splints upon said cut-off covers,

and a unitary continuous forming chute for folding the opposlte end portlons of sa1d covers 1n successlon over sa1d splints.

11. In a match book forming machine,

means for feeding a strip of paper stock, means for cutting off sections thereof to form covers, means for feeding splints, means for placing splints upon said cut-0E covers, and a unitary continuous forming chute for folding the opposite end portions of said covers successively over said splints, and a conveyor having separating members of substantially the same shape as the match book when formed.

12.- In a match book forming machine, means for feeding a strip of paper stock, means for cutting off sections thereof to form covers, means for feeding splints, means for placing the splints upon said cut-ofl' covers, means for holding the splints on the covers,

and a unitary continuous forming chute for folding said covers oversaid splints, both A ends of the cover being folded substantially simultaneously and continuously in opposite directions with one end of the cover folded.

combs of a predetermined length from a comb strip, means for mechanically depositing said combs upon the covers, a tubular forming chute shaped to fold both ends of the covers stock, means for cutting off sections thereof to form covers, means for cutting match combs of a predetermined length from a comb strip, means for mechanically depositing said combs upon the covers, a unitary continuous forming chute, the walls of which converge from a flaring inlet mouth to an outlet having substantially the shape of a folded book match, and means for moving the covers with the combs thereon, through said chute whereby both ends of the covers are folded in opposite directions over the combs in a substantially uninterrupted manner by the walls of the chute with the folding of one end completed in advance of the completion of the folding of the other end of the cover.

15. In'a book match forming machine, a unitary continuous forming chute, the walls of which converge from a flaring inlet mouth to an outlet having substantially the shape of a folded book mat-ch, said chute being' formed to fold the ends of the covers in opposite directions with the long end in advance of the short end so that the short end overlies' the long end, a conveyor mounted to travel through the chute and provided with transversely extending spacers having substantially the cross section of a finished book match and spaced apart longitudinally of the conveyor, means for positioning flat match cover blanks and superimposed match cards on the conveyor between the spacers in advance of the inlet mouth of the forming chute, and means for driving the conveyor to pass the covers, with the combs thereon, throughthe chute, whereby both ends of the covers are folded over the combs by the walls of the chute.

16. In a book match forming machine, a stationary forming chute shaped to'fold both ends of a cover blank over a superimposed match comb, means for intermittently feeding a strip of paper stock from a roll in predetermined lengths into said machine, means for cutting ofi sections thereof to form covers, means for moving said covers along a predetermined path leading through the I forming chute, means for feeding match comb strips to a point above the path of the covers and in advance of the forming chute, means for severing predetermined lengths of said strip to form match combs, and means for forcing the combs downwardly as soon as they are severed to mechanically position them on the covers, whereby the combs are carried with the covers through the forming chute.

'17. In a book match forming machine, a

ciprocating comb positioning -member operable to engage with the combs as soon as they are severed to mechanically force the combs into proper positions on the covers, whereby the combs are carried with the covers through the forming chute.

18. In a match book forming machine, means for moving cover blanks along a predetermined path, means for feeding comb strip to a point above the path of travel of the covers, means for severing predeterminedlengthsof strip at said point to "form match combs, and means for mechanically positioning said combs upon said covers as soon as the combs are severed from the strip.

19. In. a match book forming machine, means for movingcover blanks alonga predetermined path, means for feeding comb strip to a point above the path of travel ofthe covers, means for severing predetermined lengths of strip at said point to form match combs, and a reciprocating positioning member operable to engagethe combs as soon as they are severed and to force them downwardly on to the subjacent covers.

20. In a match book forming machine, means for feeding 'a strip paper from which a part of a match book is to be formed, means forsevering a predetermined length of material from the strip, and means to immediately thereafter engage the severed part and transport it downwardly to a subjacent seat adapted to receive it.

21. In aimatch book forming machine, a cutter, means for intermittently feeding predetermined lengths of match book paper strip to the cutter, means for operating the cutter to periodically sever lengths of the strip, and a positioning member, operable in synchronism with the cutter to engage the cut off parts as'soon as they are'severed fromthe strip and to transport them downwardly to a subjacent seat adapted to receive them.

22. In a match book assembling machine, means for periodically feeding and cutting the covers of-the books from aioll of card,

opposite directions over said splints with thea guide above said fed covers, means for feeding comb strip along the same, means to sever combs from the strip, means for mechanically placing the several combs upon said covers successively, andmeans for folding said covers around said combs and securing said combs Within said covers.

23. In a match book assembling machine, means-for'periodically feeding and cutting the covers of the books from a roll of card, means for periodically feeding and cutting match splints and means for placing same upon said cut off covers, and in combination therewith," a stationary continuous tubular forming chute positioned in said line of feed and shaped to fold both ends of said covers in short end of the cover overlying the long end thereof, and means for securing said splints within said covers. c

.24. In a match book forming machine, means for feeding a strip of cover stock, means for severin a predetermined length from the end of t e strip to form a cover blank, and means to immediately thereafter engage the cover blank and transport it downit; 1 v

25. In a match book forming machine, means for intermittently feeding a Strip of cover stock from the roll in predetermined lengths, means for cutting off sections thereof to form cover blanks, and a reciprocating to transport them downwardly to a subjaf cent seat adapted to receive them.

26. In a match book' forming. machine, a

conveyor mounted to, travel and provided with longitudinally spaced transversely extending spacers, the transverse configuration of which is substantially that of a finished match book, means for intermittently moving the conveyor, means for intermittently feeding strip cover stock from a roll in predetermined lengths, means for severing sections of the strip to form cover blanks, and means operable toengage the cover blanks as soon as they are severed from the strip and tending spaders to transport them to and position them on wardly to a subjacent seat adapted to receive signatures.

'of' the conveyor and spaced longitudinally thereof, said spacers having substantially the cross section of a finished match book and being spaced apart a distance substantially equal to the width of the finished match book.

30 In a match book forming machine, means for feeding a strip of paper stock, means for cutting of]? sections thereof to form covers, means for feeding splints, means for placing the splints upon said cut-0E covers, means for holding the splints on the covers, and a unitary continuous forming chute for folding the opposite end portions of said covers in succession over said splints.

31. In a match book forming machine, means for feeding a strip of paper stock, means for cutting off sections thereof to form covers, means for feeding splints, means for positioning the splints upon said cut-ofi' covers, and a unitary continuous forming chute for folding said covers over said splints, both ends of the cover being folded substantially as simultaneously and continuously in opposite 3 directions with one end of the cover folded in advance of the other end thereof by the walls of said chute, said chute continuing with an end adapted to guide said formed covers preliminary to the fastening thereof. 7 In testimony whereof we hereunto aifix our LEO GREENBAUM' EDWARD VAN'HOOFSTADT. CHARLES GUs'rAvsoN the conveyor between the successive spacers of the conveyor.

' 27. In a match-book forming machine, a.

conveyor mounted to travel and provided with longitudinall spacedi transversely exavin substantially the cross section of a finishe "match book, and a continuous formin tunnel arranged along the path of travel 0 the conveyor and shaped to completely fold in opposite directions, the opposite ends of match covers carried by the conveyor through the tunnel, with. the short end folded down over the long end-of the cover.

28. In a match book forming machine, a 

